News RSS Feed

Pope Francis declared a special year of St. Joseph, which ends on December 8, 2021. In honor of this very holy saint, we will offer a special Morning of Recollection, Saturday, December 4. Click here for more information.

Save the date for the 2021 SMMCS Auction on Saturday, November 6, 2021. It will be held at Sts. Mary & Mathias Catholic School. This is always a fun event and is the schools biggest fundraiser. Come enjoy dinner, drinks, games, and silent and live auction items all while supporting our school! Please email auction@muscatinesaints.org with any questions

If you are interested in having your child baptized you are asked to participate in a Baptismal Preparation Session. We will be hosting Baptismal Preparation Sessions quarterly at 9:15 AM in Gannon Hall on the following Sundays: October 3, January 23, and April 3. Please contact the parish office to get registered for a session.

Let us join together in the month of October to pray the St. John Paul II novena. Every month we will feature a new novena in hopes of the entire parish joining together in prayer.

We need your help! In order to better serve you, our parishioners, we need to know you and your needs. You can help us do this by taking 10 or so minutes and completing the 2021 Parish Census. We thank you in advance for your cooperation!

Come and learn more about Who and What a deacon is at one of two informal information sessions. They will be held Sunday, August 29 at 9:15 AM at the rectory and Thursday, September 9 at 7:00 PM at the rectory.

As our young people prepare to return to school, we want to send them back with our blessing! Bring your backpack to any of the Masses next weekend (Aug. 21st/22nd) for a special blessing. And remember, our parish is praying for you!

Let us join together in the month of August as we pray the St. Mother Teresa novena. Every month we will feature a new novena in hopes of the entire parish joining together in prayer.

We are excited to welcome our new Music Ministry Staff members, Maria Hagan and Grant Lenz! Maria will serve as our Coordinator of Liturgical Music and Grant will serve as our Parish Organist.

We are excited to welcome our new Parochial Vicar - Fr. Khoa Le! Fr. Khoa is a priest of the Diocese of Hue, in Vietnam, on temporary assignment in the Diocese of Davenport. Click here to learn more about Fr. Khoa.

Saints Mary & Mathias is seeking applicants for the position of Director of Evangelization. Click for details!

Beginning on Sunday, July 4, the 10:00am Mass will move to 10:30am. One of our goals is to continue to find ways to make Sunday Mass the cornerstone of our parish life. This change will allow us to do so. Click to learn more.

Join us for the Parish & Family Life Committee's June event on Sunday, June 13 from 3:30-5:00. We will be talking about the Sacred Heart of Jesus and have the opportunity for a special family blessing from Father Andrew Rauenbuehler!

Let's join together as a Parish and pray a monthly Novena.

Follow this link to access your current schedule, submit availabilities & substitutions and update your info.

First of all, I want to thank you once again for your vigilance in observing our COVID-19 protocols. This has been a much longer ordeal than any of us anticipated. As it wears on the temptation is to get slack and start cutting corners. I have really appreciated the way our parishioners have continued to abide by the protocols. I am pleased to announce that beginning Saturday, March 13, we will use every-other-pew for Mass, and we will eliminate the online signup process. Keep Reading...

National Catholic Schools Week (CSW) is an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. CSW is now entering its 47th anniversary year. Follow this link to view a message from our School Principal Ben Nietzel and learn more about Catholic Education.

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday February 17th, 2021. Tentative Mass Times are 7:00AM, Noon, 5:15PM and 7:00 PM.

If you are unable to join us in person for Christmas Mass, we invite you to join our livestreams, 4:00PM Christmas Eve & 12:00AM (Midnight) Christmas morning. Both Masses will be available for later viewing.

In recent days and weeks our area has seen a significant increase in the rate of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.  Local public health officials are asking all of us to be particularly vigilant at this time to help stem the tide of virus transmission and to take the pressure off our local healthcare workers and facilities.  For those who are wondering how that will affect us here at Saints Mary and Mathias, I wanted to share the following with you...